US EditionKurdish rebel group PKK says it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq
The PKK ended a 40-year conflict with 50,000 deaths by withdrawing fighters to northern Iraq, following a year-long peace process initiated by Ankara and Abdullah Ocalan.
- A militant Kurdish group announced it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq as part of a peace effort with Turkey.
- The Kurdistan Workers Party has been waging a decades-long insurgency in Turkey that has led to tens of thousands of deaths since the 1980s.
- The PKK stated it is withdrawing its forces from Turkey with the approval of its imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan, to prevent any risk of clashes or provocations.
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PKK to Withdraw from Turkey in Major Disarmament Step
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) announced on Sunday that it is withdrawing its militants from Turkey as part of a disarmament process coordinated with the Turkish government. This decision comes after a call from its jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan, to end the armed struggle that has been ongoing since 1984, claiming over 40,000 lives. In […] The post PKK to Withdraw from Turkey in Major Disarmament Step appeared first on Modern Diplomacy.
In May, the PKK decided to dissolve the group as part of a new peace initiative with Ankara.
The announcement was made at Mount Qandil, a PKK operational base in Northern Iraq.
According to the Kurdish PKK, it has begun to move its fighters from Turkey to northern Iraq.
The armed group Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) reported this Sunday that it is “withdrawing” all its fighters from Turkish territory as a way of contributing to the peace process that it negotiates with the Ankara Government and that, last May, it led to the announcement of the dissolution of this organization considers terrorist by Turkey, the EU and the United States and whose war with the Turkish security forces has led to a conflict that has…
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